Door-holder.



E. FRANCKAERTS.

DOOR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9.1915.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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' DOOR-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that'I, EMILE FRANCKAERTS, a citizen of the United States,and; a resident of San Francisco, in'the county of San Francisco andState of California, have made an Improvement in Door-Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

My present-invention is an improvement upon the door-holder, for which Ihave received Letters Patent No.1- 1100475, dated June 16, 1914. In thatcase the holder could be used only on the outside of the door, but, bythe means I have effected, which are very simple in character, the shoeor stop member proper is reversible, and the holder is adapted for useon either the inside or the outside of the door. When used on theinside, the stop member being reversed, the doorholder proper issupported upon a skeleton base which spaces it from the door, so thatthe stop member will not come in contact therewith.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation are ashereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure l is a perspective view of the complete invention applied to adoor, a portion being broken out to show an interior arrangement. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal section of the complete door-holder, including the skeleton base. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the skeleton baseor back plate constituting a support for the door-holder proper. Fig. 4is a longitudinal section of the lower portion of the door-holder,showing a reversible shoefor stop member arranged in the manner requiredwhen the door-holder as a whole is applied to the outside of the door.

In the drawing, A indicates the main or outer casing of the door-holder,B the smaller or auxiliary casing, which is slidable in the other, C theshoe or stop member, and D the skeleton base support for the doorholderproper. metal. The shoe C has a tapered shank which is pivoted to, andextends into, the lower end ofthe inner, slidable casing B. The saidshoe or stop member has a rubber block, secured in a dove-tailed socketby a transverse screw.

A rod 1 extends from the flanged head of the inner casing B down throughplates or transverse partitions 23 which are fixed v in the main casingA. A spiral spring 4 Theseparts are formed of Specification of LettersPatent. Patentgd 0 1;, 19, 1915. Application filed July 9,1915. SerialNo. 38,869.

"hold the stop member projected downward to the required extent. Bypressing downward upon the projecting end of the plate 6, the lowerspring 5 is compressed and the rod 1 will slide upward through suchlocking member 6 and carry with it the inner casing B, together with theshoe C.

For any further details that may be deemed desirable in reference to thelocking and trip mechanism, reference may be made to the description anddrawing of my patent above referred to.

In the original there was no adaptation for reversal of the shoe or stopmember, and therefore, the door-holder could only be used on, theoutside of a door, the spiral spring 7 (see Fig. 4) being in that casearranged on the left of the shank of the shoe C so as to throw therubber block inward toward the door. As shown in said Fig. 4, the endsof the spring 7 are held in a socket 9 in the slidable casing B, and ina corresponding socket in the shank of the shoe C. For securing it tothe shank a screw 8 is preferably employed, it being arranged as shownin Fig. 4. In theopposite side of the slidable casing B is anothersocket 9 and when it 1s desired to use the door-holder on the inside ofthe door, it is reversed from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shownin Figs. 1. and 2, and in such case the outer end of the spring 7 entersthe socket 9, as will be readily understood. When the door-holder isthus reversed from the position in Fig. 4 to that in Figs. 1 and 2, itis necessary to employ the skeleton base D in order to space the metalportion of the shoe C from the door. As shown in Fig. 3, the base B isprovided with three screw-holes, to receive screws by which it and thedoor-holder proper are secured one upon the other and to the face of adoor.

By the-adaptation of the shoe for reversal,

as. described, and by the provision of a skeleas occasicn requires,which is often a matter of convenience and much importance.

I c1aim: H 1. The improved reversible door-holder, comprising amaincasingadapted to be fixed imposition, a spring-actuated smaller easingadapted to slide in said main casing, means for locking and tripping theinner casing, a shoe or stop member pivoted in the lower end of theinner casing and its shank projecting upward into the 1atter,-a springsecured tos'aid shank,the inner casing having atdiametrically oppositepoints) sockets for receiring the free end of said spring, Where'- bythe shoe is adapted for reversal, asidescribed.

V V 2; The improved reversible door-holder act iated inner'casing, meansfor locking and tri ing thelat'ter, a reversible shoeor stop memberpivoted 1n the lower end of the cas-' 'lngancl its shank providedWitha'springattachment adapted for engagement with either side of theinner easing,and a skeleton S base upon which the door-holder proper issecured, said baseserving to space'the'shoe -Witnesses: A e

Copies of this patent may lie obtained forfiveents each. byid'dressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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